1838
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

part of the northern boundary of the last-named section; towards the east by Section No. 18 and the eastern portion of Section No. 19 of the Parish of Maungatapere aforesaid; towards the south-east by a public road, by the north-eastern portion of Section No. 24 and by Section No. 25, both of the Parish of Maungatapere aforesaid, and by a public road; towards the south by the northern boundary of the Parish of Maungakaramea; and towards the west generally by a public road, by Section No. 131A of the Parish of Maungatapere aforesaid, and by a public road to the point of commencement.

Mata Kauri-gum Reserve.

All that area in the Auckland Land District being Sections Nos. 13, 16, and 17, the north-western portion of Section No. 14, and the north-western portion of Section No. 15, of the Parish of Mata, and containing by admeasurement 312 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by the Mangawhati and Te Wita Blocks; towards the south-east by the south-eastern portions of Sections Nos. 14 and 15 of the Parish of Mata; towards the south-west by the Kopuawaiwaha Nos. 1 and 2 Blocks; and towards the north-west generally by Section No. 18 of the Parish of Mata, by a public road, and by Sections Nos. 12, 11, and 10, of the Parish of Mata aforesaid, to the point of commencement.

Marsden Kauri-gum Reserve.

All that area in the Auckland Land District situate in Blocks III. and VII., Ruakaka Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 3,600 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north generally by a public road, by Sections Nos. 3 and 4 of the Parish of Ruakaka, by a public road, by the south-western and north-eastern portions of Section No. 5 and Section No. 70 of the Parish of Ruakaka aforesaid, and by a public road; towards the east by a right line being the boundary of land reserved for the extension of Marsden Town, and by Bream Bay; towards the south by Block XI., Ruakaka Survey District; towards the west by Section No. 65 of the Parish of Ruakaka; again towards the south by said Section No. 65; again towards the west by a public road; and towards the north-west by a public road, by the north-western portion of Section No. 72, and the north-western portion of Section No. 71, both of the Parish of Ruakaka aforesaid, to the point of commencement.

Ruakaka No. 1 Kauri-gum Reserve.

All that area in the Auckland Land District being Sections Nos. 28, 48, and 49, of the Parish of Ruakaka, and containing by admeasurement 311 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road; towards the south-east by Section No. 47 of the Parish of Ruakaka, by a public road, and by Section No. 28A of the same parish; towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 111 and 110 of the Parish of Mangapai; towards the north-west by Section No. 27 of the Parish of Ruakaka; and towards the south-west by a public road to the point of commencement.

Ruakaka No. 2 Kauri-gum Reserve.

All that area in the Auckland Land District being Sections Nos. 39, 67, 68, and 69, the north-western portion of Section No. 32, the south-western portion of Section No. 40, the eastern portion of Section No. 46, the north-western portion of Section No. 50, and the north-eastern portion of Section No. 51, all of the Parish of Ruakaka, and containing by admeasurement 970 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east generally by a public road, by Sections Nos. 45, 44, 43, and the north-eastern portion of Section No. 40, all of the Parish of Ruakaka, by a public road, and by Section No. 52 of the same parish; towards the south generally by Section No. 56 and the south-western portion of Section No. 51 of the same parish, by a public road, again by the south-western portion of Section No. 51 aforesaid and the south-eastern portion of Section No. 50 of the same parish, by a public road, by Section No. 38 of the parish aforesaid, by a public road, by the south-eastern portion of Section No. 32 and Section No. 34 of the same parish; and towards the west by a public road, and by the middle portion of Section No. 46 of the Parish of Ruakaka aforesaid to the point of commencement.

Mangapai Kauri-gum Reserve.

All that area in the Auckland Land District being Section No. 109 and the western portion of Section No. 108 of the Parish of Mangapai, and containing by admeasurement 168 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road and by the eastern portion of Section No. 108 of the Parish of Mangapai; towards the south-east by Section No. 110 of the same parish; and towards the north-west by a public road to the point of commencement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Tarata Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of September, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the twentieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth hereby, with the like advice and consent, and in respect of the land hereinafter mentioned, delegate all the powers conferred by the said Act except the powers conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, for the period of ten years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act) to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Tarata Domain Board, namely,—

LEONARD FRANCOI LAURENT, of Tarata, Farmer;
USHER LUCAS, of Tarata, Farmer;
JOHN GRIEVE, of Tarata, Settler;
ROBERT PATERSON, of Tarata, Farmer; and
ALFRED CLASSON BELL, of Tarata, Farmer

(herein referred to as “the Board”); subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Saturday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m., at Tarata, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Saturday, the seventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Board, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

3. Any three members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the first Saturday in January in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

5. The Board shall prepare and submit at each annual meeting a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the 31st day of December, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

6. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.

7. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

8. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

And with the like advice and consent as aforesaid doth hereby also order that this delegation shall take effect in respect of the parcel of Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 8 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 58, Tarata Village. Bounded on the north by the Waitara River; on the east by the Waitara River; on the south by the Junction Road and Ngatimaru Terrace, 1840 links; and on the west by the Waitara River: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, New Plymouth.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.